Speaking during the debate on 10 December 2012, French Green MEP Eva Joly said the agreement would "enshrine deep unfairness between the EU and Central America".

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It is led by Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a Franco-German figure from May 1968 who is now more a bourgeois eco-romantic than a hardened rebel, and Eva Joly, a Franco-Swedish retired magistrate.

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Meanwhile, a few examining magistrates, such as Eric Halphen, who has pursued Mr Tiberi, and Eva Joly, whose targets include Mr Dumas, have become media stars thanks to their willingness to defy political pressure.

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